UrbanBaby

06.10.08, 17:24 PM General Topics
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Are you a racist or a biggot if you don't like "Africans?" [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 05:24 PM Flag

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depends on exactly why you don't like them I suppose. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:25 PM Flag

it's a big big place... sure you don't like anyone from Africa ? How about Israelis or white South Africans ? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:25 PM Flag

What about North Americans? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:38 PM Flag

i was born in africa. but don't call myself african. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:39 PM Flag

my friend's mother was born in Egypt and she called her self African for college apps... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:41 PM Flag

is she as white as I am? my background is Lithuanian. But I'm third generation south african born. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:43 PM Flag

as white and blonde as can be. But her mother is technically from Africa. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:47 PM Flag

yeah. we never did that. i figured the idea behind africans being admitted didn't quite include lithuanian, jewish girls who grew up in the US going to private schools etc etc. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:49 PM Flag

probably not. I actually just visited latvia - young baltic jewish woman - and I loved it. off the topic, but thought i'd throw that in... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:51 PM Flag

lol.. i've actually never been there. neither have my parents or grandparents. i'm sort of from all these places but no where at the same time. woudn't mind visiting one day, but prob would like to go to croatia first. and a lot of other places too. what was it like? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:53 PM Flag

It was beautiful and I went to services on Sat morning and then got very depressed... but the land was fantastic and green and I would go back in a minute. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:56 PM Flag

is your familyu from Latvia? altho i guess it's hard to tell consdiering the countries weren't the same back in the day. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 06:01 PM Flag

no... our au pair for 5 years is Latvian and I went to meet her family there. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 06:06 PM Flag

that's pretty cool. did your dc go as well? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 06:07 PM Flag

no. the flights were too tough for them, but i figured that if my DC one day goea abroad for a llong time, i would want to know who she was spending her time with and as an au pair, we were her "family" here, so i went to meet the family in Riga. It was a good experience.. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 06:10 PM Flag

yes [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:20 PM Flag

bigot has one T, and yes [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:21 PM Flag

hey, you don't like africans, i don't like american indians. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:22 PM Flag